Indian hemp peddler arrested

Story: Albert K. Salia
THE police have arrested an Indian hemp peddler, Kwasi Richard, for supplying two teenagers with some of the drugs to be given to an inmate of the Senior Correctional Institute in Accra.
The two teenagers, who stuffed a ball of banku with the suspected Indian hemp and attempted to send it to an inmate of the institute in Accra, have also been arrested.
Fatia Yusif and Fatimatu Abubakari, both 17, are currently in police custody following their arrest.
Briefing newsmen in Accra yesterday, the Nima Divisional Police Commander, Chief Superintendent A. Awuni, said Fatia and Fatimatu visited Fatia’s boyfriend, Godfrey Michael, who is serving a prison term at the Senior Correctional Institute on Monday.
He said Michael requested Fatia to get him some Indian hemp and showed them how she could get it to him.
He said based on that the two girls bought a ball of banku and stuffed it with the Gp40 (¢4,000) worth of Indian hemp.
Chief Superintendent Awuni said checks by the security officials at the entrance to the prisons revealed that the banku had been stuffed with the narcotic drug.
He said the two girls were arrested and brought to the police.
According to him, the girls then led the police to arrest Kwasi Richard at the Agbogbloshie Market as the person who had sold the Indian hemp to them.